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Berhe Chosen for National Academy Membership in Recognition of Her Soil Research
February 9, 2023
Soil biogeochemistry Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe — who is on leave from UC Merced while she serves as federal director of the Office of Science for the Department of Energy — has been elected a member of the National Academy of... Read More
Community and Labor Center's New Study Highlights Farmworkers' Health Challenges
February 3, 2023
A new landmark study by the UC Merced Community and Labor Center shows farmworkers across California are facing serious health challenges on a daily basis. The goal of the Farmworker Health Study was to examine agricultural worker health... Read More
What Will it Take to End the Drought in California?
January 30, 2023
In the wake of record-breaking rain and snow this winter, experts have cautioned that despite the deluge, California remains in a drought. The United States Drought Monitor shows much of California still experiencing "moderate drought,"... Read More
Solar Projects Yielding Exciting Potential for Dairies, Other Industries
January 24, 2023
A company started by UC Merced founding faculty member Roland Winston - and staffed by alumni - is looking for partners for some exciting solar projects. And the government could cover the costs. Winston Cone Optics seeks to develop pilot... Read More
Findlater First at UC Merced to Join DOE-funded Energy Frontier Research Center
January 23, 2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas that is contributing to irreversible climate change. Scientists know how to capture CO2, and they know how to transform it into useful molecules and materials. But that transformation is neither... Read More
UC Awards $16.4 Million in Grants to Address Climate, Energy and Health
January 9, 2023
For the first time, UC Merced faculty members from each of the campus’s three schools have been chosen as principal investigators on some of the 21 exciting new projects that are being funded through UC’s Multicampus Research Programs and... Read More
Year In Review: Top Stories of 2022
December 26, 2022
2022 was a banner year for UC Merced marked with growth, innovation and prestige. As we boldly move forward toward 2023, here's a look back at the stories that stood out this year.  Solar-paneled Canals Getting a Test Run in San Joaquin... Read More
Graduate Summer Bridge Program Recognized as a ‘Program to Watch’
December 22, 2022
Graduate Division’s Competitive Edge Summer Bridge program for incoming Ph.D. students was identified as a Program to Watch by Excelencia in Education, a national effort to identify evidence-based programs that improve Latino student... Read More
UC Merced-led Research Predicts How Air Cleans Itself
December 19, 2022
Although climate change is still a very real challenge, the past decades of efforts to reduce the effects of human activities on the atmosphere have been potent enough to have thrown off the models scientists use to understand and forecast... Read More
Researchers Look at Tree Reproduction and Effects of Climate Change Across North America
December 12, 2022
Life and Environmental Sciences Professor Emily Moran and collaborators at several other universities are set to conduct a continental-scale analysis of climate change effects on tree reproduction. In addition to monitoring seed production... Read More